Takaharu Hakozaki, Munetaka Iwata, Nobuo Kanno, Yasuji Harada, Takuya Yogo, Masahiro Tagawa, Yasushi Hara
JAVMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 247(12) 1408-1411 2015年12月 査読有り
Objective-To identify characteristics of chondrodystrophoid and nonchondrodystrophoid small-breed dogs with cervical intervertebral disk herniation (IVDH).
Design-Retrospective case series. Animals-187 small-breed (<= 15 kg [33 lb]) dogs that underwent surgery because of cervical IVDH.
Procedures-Medical records were reviewed for information on breed, sex, age, weight, location of affected intervertebral disks, duration and severity of neurologic signs, and recovery time.
Results-55 of the 187 (29.4%) dogs were Beagles. The most frequently affected intervertebral disk was C2-3 (81/253 [32.0%]), and this was the more frequently affected intervertebral disk in dogs of several chondrodystrophoid breeds, including Beagles (29/66 [43.9%]), Dachshunds (13/37 [35.1%]), Shih Tzus (16/41 [39.0%]), and Pekingese (3/10 [30.0%]). However, caudal disks (C5-6 or C6-7) were more frequently affected in Yorkshire Terriers (13/24 [54.2%]) and Chihuahuas (9/13 [69%]). Shih Tzus and Yorkshire Terriers were significantly older at the time of surgery (mean +/- SD age, 9.6 +/- 2.3 years and 9.5 +/- 2.5 years, respectively) than were Pomeranians (6.2 +/- 2.3 years), and Yorkshire Terriers had a significantly higher number of affected disks (2.0 +/- 0.9) than did Dachshunds (1.1 +/- 0.3). Mean recovery time was significantly longer in Yorkshire Terriers (36.7 +/- 13.0 days) than in Beagles (16.5 +/- 17.1 days), Shih Tzus (17.8 +/- 14.5 days), or Chihuahuas (12.2 +/- 7.2 days).
Conclusions and Clinical Relevance-Results suggested that there may be breed-specific differences in the characteristics of cervical IVDH in small-breed dogs.